Tuesday, March 18, 2014

2 killed in shooting near Crimea military research center, 'sniper detained'

RT reports:Two people – a self-defense member and a Ukrainian soldier – were
killed and two others wounded after snipers opened fire from a partially
inhabited building near a military research center in Simferopol. One
sniper was detained, another is on the run.
As RT producer Lida Vasilevskaya arrived at the scene, the
perimeter of the Ukrainian military topography and navigation
center was already surrounded by men in camouflage and the
situation was "calm."
The local Interior Ministry said in a press release that shooting
came from a house under construction opposite the center and
targeted Crimean self-defense units as well the military center
itself.
“Earlier today self-defense units were informed that a group
of armed men had been discovered in a partially inhabited
building,” the press release said. “As the self-defense
were taking measures to check, they came under fire, presumably
from a sniper rifle,” police said, adding that the shooting
came “in two directions from one spot.”
One self-defense unit member was killed and another wounded,
police said. One Ukrainian soldier from the military research
center was also killed, and another was wounded.
Crimea police and Prosecutor's Office staff are investigating the
attack.
According to RT information, the scene of the shooting is a small
Ukrainian military topography research center, and the majority
of the staff who work there are women. The center’s area is
rather small, and servicemen have only six machine guns and three
Makarov guns to provide security. The center reportedly decided
to join up with Crimea and Russia and was preparing paperwork to
go over.
Crimean Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov told Russia’s Channel One
that this attack is reminiscent of the Maidan sniper shootings.
“At the moment two people are dead as a result of a
provocation, a sabotage. The situation allows me to conclude that
the same techniques that were used at Maidan are being used now
because most likely one assaulter fired at both sides – one
Ukrainian serviceman and one man from self-defense forces of the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea were killed.”“The location of the sniper was identified,” he added.
Earlier, Ukrainian servicemen told RT that last night unknown
groups tried to break into several military bases, but
self-defense units managed to prevent them from entering.
“Guys from self-defense told me today that they were afraid
of provocations," Lida Vasilevskaya tweeted.
The Crimean Interior Ministry did not rule out a provocation
aimed at complicating the situation in the city after Crimea and
Sevastopol were accepted into the Russian Federation.

An attack by Russians on a Ukrainian military base TODAY makes
no sense whatsoever. Think about it for a moment
— Alexey Yaroshevsky (@Yaro_RT) March
18, 2014

Immediately after the attack, despite the initial confusion and
lack of verified details of what exactly happened in Simferopol,
as well as a stream of conflicting reports, Kiev claimed that
“Russian soldiers started shooting at Ukrainian
servicemen."“This is a war crime without any statute of
limitations," coup-appointed Prime Minister Yatsenyuk told a
meeting at the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
In another immediate reaction to the accident, acting President
Aleksandr Turchinov authorized Ukrainian troops stationed in
Crimea to use firearms to “defend their lives."

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